908  
FXUS01 KWBC 050854  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
453 AM EDT SUN JUL 05 2026  
 
VALID 12Z SUN JUL 05 2026 - 12Z TUE JUL 07 2026  
 
...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK (LEVEL 3/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER  
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC ON SUNDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
THE MID-ATLANTIC AND THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON SUNDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER  
PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON MONDAY...  
 
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC TO THE LOWER  
GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND  
CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN  
PLAINS BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. THE  
SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
OVER THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH  
MONDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS  
ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND  
A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
MOREOVER, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A MODERATE RISK (LEVEL 3/4) OF  
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC ON  
SUNDAY. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED  
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS,  
AND LOW-LYING AREAS BEING THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
ON MONDAY, THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL  
CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  
THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF  
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
MID-ATLANTIC INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN  
WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN  
AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING AREAS THE MOST  
VULNERABLE, AND LANDSLIDES ON ROADS. HOWEVER, THE THREAT OF SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS HAS DECREASED TO A MARGINAL RISK OVER PARTS OF THE  
MID-ATLANTIC AND UPPER MIDWEST ON MONDAY AS WELL.  
 
MEANWHILE, A SECOND FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS,  
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN, WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS AND THE GREAT BASIN BY MONDAY MORNING. THE BOUNDARY WILL  
PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH  
PLAINS, THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION, AND PARTS OF WASHINGTON  
STATE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. AS THE FRONT MOVES  
EASTWARD, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER  
PARTS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST, NORTHERN PLAINS, NORTHERN  
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION, AND PARTS OF WASHINGTON STATE ON MONDAY.  
ELSEWHERE, AN INFLUX OF MOISTURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL TRIGGER  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE  
EVENING ON SUNDAY, AND TO A GREATER EXTENT ON MONDAY. DIURNAL  
HEATING AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING OVER PARTS OF THE GULF  
COAST AND INTO FLORIDA.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 

 
 
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